Category: Motoring

By Anthony Ogbonna The Nigerian senate, during plenary on Wednesday, rejected a bill seeking to phase out the use of petrol-powered cars in Nigeria and adopt those powered by electricity. Sponsor of the bill, Senator representing Bayelsa East, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce had argued that it would be cheaper to use electric-powered cars than the current petrol cars being used in Nigeria. He said Nigeria has been spending over N1trillion naira subsidizing petrol usage in Nigeria, declaring that with electric cars, fuel subsidy would be a thing of the past. He…

One of the worst things to happen to you is to drive your car out and find it missing when you return to the parking lot. It is simply devastating. Technology is rapidly changing to prevent vehicle break-ins, but what techniques are thieves evolving in response? And what can car owners do to guard against these high-tech crimes? Life is not like grand theft auto. Criminals cannot simply walk up to a car and drive it off. Equally the days of smashing a window and hot wiring cars are well…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said that the first set of 5000 brand new buses under the Bus Reform Initiative, a brain child of his administration, would be flagged off within the next six months. Governor Ambode, who spoke when students of the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School of Government, United States of America, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House in Ikeja, said that his administration was working round the clock to revolutionalise the transportation system in the State and improve the way and manner…

Earlier this morning, the Kano state road transport agency (Karota) officials impounded a gulf 3 vehicle for not complying with transport rules and regulations. The road traffic agency responsible for governing rules of the road and driving etiquettes in Kano state hogtied the driver and his overloaded vehicle in one of their offices to face the law. One of their agents, Yusuf Auwal Kibiyancy who shared the story on his facebook page berates the driver’s recklessness and reveals that Yola, Adamawa state is the supposed final destination of the car.

By Dayo Johnson Akure—POLICE detectives in Ondo State have arrested a self-acclaimed senior officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Chukwuneta Emmanuel, who chartered a vehicle, drugged the driver and escaped with the vehicle. Vanguard gathered that the suspect approached the driver of a Toyota Sienna bus, Oluwaseun Johnson, at about 9a.m. at a Benin park in Akure, the Ondo State capital. He chartered it to take him to Asaba, the Delta State capital. When the driver of the bus, with number plates KRD 739 DQ, arrived…

Gafar Amere visits Collapsed Idi-Iroko Bridge The bridge linking Iwo, in Osun State and Oyo, in Oyo State has been washed away as a result of heavy downpour of yesterday. The bridge breaking down at the Idi-Iroko has now made journey of about 45 kilometres to almost 80 kilometres as motorists now go through Agoro, Lannite and kieseni road. The Honourable Representing Iwo Federal Constituency at the National Assembly Abuja, Honourable Akintayo Gafar Amere yesterday visited the place to commiserate with the people. Honourable Gafar Amere while addressing the people…

Worried by increasing accidents on the highways with attendant loss of lives and property involving articulated vehicles, the Federal Government has embarked on a program that will see all trucks on Nigerian highways designated to transit parks on the highway corridors. Already, transaction advisors have been advertised by the Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC), the promoter of the initiative, and investors will soon be prequalified. As part of efforts to make the Truck Transit Park happen, the NSC, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Transportation, held a two-day national summit…

The staff (drivers and ticketers) of the blue BRT network in Lagos have embarked on a strike today (10/07/2017). The blue BRT covers the Ikorodu-TBS route with three categories of tickets that recently all had an increase range of 42-53% (#70 -> #100, #120 -> #200, #195 -> #300) effective as of March 1,2017. The cause of this strike remains unknown. Many commuters are stranded at bus stations and the alternative means of transport (Danfo buses) are having a busy day on the traffic-laden route.

An accident scene where one person died on Wednesday morning at Gada Biyu village, on Abuja-Lokoja road Photo: Abubakar Sadiq Isah Following the collapse of the Mokwa-Jeba bridge, trailers have now returned to the ever busy Abuja-Lokoja highway. Our reporter, who has been monitoring traffic on the road, observed an increase in the volume of vehicles especially heavy trucks. Also noted is an increased rate of incidents mostly involving the articulated vehicles. The heavy trucks which used to ply the Mokwa-Jeba road to and from Lagos, now ply the Abuja-Lokoja…

The executive governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose caused quite a scene in traffic in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The governor who was spotted in his vintage car – was hailed and praised by newspaper vendors and other road sellers who couldn’t contain their excitement on seeing him. Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/07/governor-fayose-causes-scene-vintage-car-abuja-traffic-photo.html